Time-stamp.



PATENTED APR. 21, 1908.

'G.E.PERRY.

TIME STAMP.

APPLICATION FILED APILZZ, 1906.

2 SHEETS-SHEET -1.

PATENTED APR. 21, 1908.

G.B.PERRY. TIME STAMP.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 22, 1905.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

mSm um m '15 anlsin with the impression mechanism.

e line 4-4 of Fig. 2, showmg theresilient 311 anism; and, Figs. 8 and9am detail views of 3b used to designate like partsin the several figmwhich the mechamsmof the stamp The'mptor mechanism is preferably resili-UNITED sTArEs PATENT OFFICE GEORGE ELLIOT PERRY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,Ass GNoR TO PERRY TIME STAMP 00M- PANY, OF. cnrcaeo, ILLINOIS, A1.CORPORATION OF-IILLINOIS rum-swamp.

No. 886,676. I I Specification of Letters 'Patent. Patented April 21,1908. I

. Application m d April 22, 1905- smn No; 258,915.

To cllwhom'itflw/g concm." i spr' 8;*8,Xare 'eferabI' s lit at their Beit lrn'own that I, Gnoacn ELLIOT end g as' shown '1 Znd 2, the splitIPERRY, a citlzen of' the United States. resid members of said springsbeing slotted, and mg at Chic go,'1n the county oi Cook and beingadaptedto' engage. pins 19,10, said 5 5 State of Illinois, have Inventednew arid usepins riveted or otherwise secured to 0 ful ImIprovem ents 1nTime-Stamps, of which 1 the supporting plates '11,]11, said pins and thefo owing 1s a full, clear, concise, and ear: the plates 11, 11,constituting the frame act description, reference being had to-theWithin which the motor m'echanism4 is car accompan mg drawing, forming apart of ried, as shown inFigsJl and My nvention relatesjto time stampsand i has for its object, in a time stamp of the. class described, eprovision of novel means for continuously connecting the niotor mech-v'vsprings 8-, 8, have been placed in engagement with the pins 10, 10, saidsprings may be. I readily sprung to position upon thepins 9, 9, saidsprings forming a resilient mountingfor the motor mechanism uponallsides. The other novel features of my invention there'ofi; I i willappear from the drawings filed herewith Secured to the table 2 is a tube12, said and from the following description thereof. tube incl a spirals 13, and being In the drawings Figure 1 1's a sectional ada ted totelescope witiia'suitable bus 20 VIEW of my invention, taken on the line1.-1 '14 -'sposed Within the handle 15, when the 76 of Fig. 2; Fig; 2 isa sectional View taken on, stamp isactuated to form an im ression, asthe line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig.3 is'a view on the hereinafter'described; Theban e 15 is prefline.33ofFig. 2, showing a 'pIan'VieW 'Of the ierablymounted upon a yoke or bail SIS-the 1 s lined shaftvconnection; Fig. 4isa view on' extended ends of said yokebeing suitably secured: toaisu'pporting plate 17.; Blocks 18; 18, are disposedbetween the ends ofthe yoke 16, and the upturned ends 19 of the supporting plate 17 saidblocks being adapt ed toreciprocate within slots.20, 20, formed in theend plates 1,'*1,-said slots and; blocks beingada'pted to guide theimpression mechf anism 'when the same is moved to make an im ression. r

he impression mechanism referably con.- I I sists of revolublecdies 2122, said'dies carrying a pointerjor hand and be' adapted to indicate thetime upon clockdia 23, and '24, said dials b eingstationarily mounted Iu on the supporting plate 17,. as shown in 1g. 7. One of said dials isadapted to indi-, cate'the hour of the day and the other dial-is ada tedtoi'indicate the minute of the hour n I die 25 -beingprovided'forindicating the forenoozi'or afternoon of the' day, ,asjshown in 7; Anydesirable informationmay be 'statioaarily mounted upon'the partpf'th'eplate 17 not occupied by the time recording mechanism, said stationarilymounted impression charactersfdisposed' thereon soas to alinc with'theimpressionface of the 106 time recording mechamsm.

mount-ingfor the motor; Figs; 5 and (:Lare detail views of theihingedconnection for the splined shaft j Fig. 7 is a face yiew ofthe timerecording elements of'the impression mecha modification of the hingedcorinectionffor theslinedshaft. 4 A i .Reibrrin tothe drawings byreference charactors in W l'LiGh like reference numerals are ures, thetime stamp is preferably supported upon legs 1,.1 said legsconstitutinggage parts 'iorthe stamp,ada ted to engage the surface to'beirnpressedan also closing the ends of the '21s contained. Suitablymounted u'o'n the 1, 1, is a table-2, having exte at side walls 3, 3,- for inclo supporting the motor mechanism, as own in 1 I of 45 The motormechanism consists o any-suit able clock train, having a main spring 5and.

a winding stem 6, for winding the same: A settin'g'stem .7v is alsoprovidedfo'r' manually mov ng the .clock train in the usual manncrlently mounted by means of springs v8, '8, said I V I i I springs havingascentral aperture therein Mounted in any suitable manner; prefer"adapted to engage 9, 9, carried by the ably aboye the supporting plate17, 1s a subend plates'l' -1, the I ed portions plate 26, a train 0gears 27 being sultably 55 3 of the table 2; as shown in Fig. 4; Themounted between the plates 1? and 26, for 110' It will'be seen thatafter-the ends of thehcs I for relatively moving the revoluble dles'isshown in Fi 3. Power is applied to 'an" arbor 28, suitabl 'journaled. Ietween the plates 17 and 26, y the horologic motor or clock mechanism 4,as will be hereinafter described. n

Mounted upon the arbor 28 is a inion 29, said arbor carrying upon oneend t 'ereof the revoluble die forprinting the minutes of the hour. Thepinion .29. is adapted to 'mesh inion,30, a small pinion 31 with a largep I mounted upon the arbor with the pinion 30 .isadapted to mesh with;The arbor carrying the adapted to carry dicating thehour of the day.Mounted upon the arbor carryin 'therevoluble die for indicating the bomb33, said small mesh with an 1 ,With 'a' pinion which carries the smalldie'25 for indicating the iorenoon and afternoon of the day.

It will be. inderst rangement-o gears provided for relativ cordingmechanism, jing mechanism may revoluble dies and thedials abovedescribed, without departing from'the spirit of my'invention.-

I The operative face of the nn ression'niech anism is adapted 'to'b'einked y inkingpads 36, 36, said pad -m'ally out of'e impression mec withthe free movemen ood that any suitable ar-' agement'withthe face of theend plates,-1, 1, and are ad aptedto j be car'- ried out of .thepathof'theim ression mechanism b rollers 37,37, carrie by the supportte 17Ywhen the samevis actuated tomg P a make an 1111 ressron, in F .turn theinking .pads 36, 36160 their normal positions after an impression-hasbeen made;

Itwill be seen that the im ression meohan ism is movable relative to thehorologic ,m'otor mechanism to make an impression. 1 order to:

impression m as shown in dotted lines echanism in operative .r'e l ation with the motor mechanism, when the moved relative thereto, to ion,I'provide al spline d sion mechanism is make an impress V shaft,consisting of an outer casing or shaft 39, and an inner member 40,adapted to tele' scope therewith, as shown in F 3, 5 and 6. The innermember 40 is prefera 1y s 'uare in cross-section, and carries upon oneen there'- of a beveled pinion 41,-ada tedto ineshwith a beveled pinion42, Carrie uponan arbor 43 of the'horologic motor 4. A plate or-bracketa large pinion 32. inion 32, is also the revo uble die 22 for in-t theday, is a small pinion pinion 33 being adapted to dler 34, said idlermeshing. 35, mounted upon the arbor or other means} may be: elymovingthetime re-' and other time recordbe adoptedcin lieu of; the

s being-adapted to rest nor-- anism, so "as not to interfere t of themovablejdies- 40' when the st'ampgis .in its normal :position. The pads36, 36 are suitably'pivoted to the g 38, 38 areadapted to 1 P keep-therevolubl elements, of the semen 44 is secured to theplate' 11, on whichthe motor mechanism is mounted, said plate'or bracket 44 having arms,said arms being v pivoted to vthe arms of a similar bracket 45, at apoint opposite. the point at which-them beveled gears 41 and42'mesh.,The shaft] 40, carry ng the pinion 41, is .journaled in the.last mentioned p ate or bracket 45, as shown in Fig. 6.. It will be seenthat the plates or brackets :44 and 45-may readily turn u on their pivotwithout interfering withthe'" ee movement of the beveled gears 41 and42.

A similar bracket 46 issecured to the sub-. late 26 and is pivotedin'jlike manner tote racket or plate47 which; is journaledthe member390i the splinedshaft, said member 3' carrying upon the end thereof abeveled gear 48,",adapted to mesh with'a beveled gear 49, carried uponthe arbor 28, to whichis secured" the pinion'. 29 of the train of geari27,1 5' adapted torelativelyfrotate 'therevo uble .dies of the timerecording mechanism.; "InFigs. 8 and 9, I have illustrated another formof connection for-thesplined shaft, in which. the driving, pinion 43oithe horologic' o0 mot-or'i's extended sufliciently' below thelplate,11 to permit the beveled, ear -41.. to be mounted between. the bevelgear 42, with;' which it i'sadapted to mesh, and said plate. The arbor28', upon which is. mounted the revoluble 'die ,ior indicating theminutes a of the hour,' iB fO-lSO extended suflicientl'y above thesub-plate 26in said modification,to per-f mit the beveled ear 48l'tobepivotedLbef 1 I t'weenthe bevele gear' 49, with, which iit isadaptedto mesh arid-"said sub-plate, the; farms of'thebrackejts'o'riplates'44. and 46 being extendedl to the beveledears 41 and-42, and, 48'and 49', to rotate free y when ,said plates are movedyupontheir pivots,106

The '0 erationtofm'y invention is} as fol lows: enpower is applied tothe handle 15, thesu porting plate 17 is depressed by meansof t e yoke.16, .upon Qwhich said handle is mounted, said. plate carrying theimfpress'ion mechanism,- .mto contact with the 1 surface to, beimpressed, the impression 'm'echanism first'con'iing' in contact-withthe," :in'king pads: 36,36; which,v after inking the "impress onmechanism, are carried-outjofthe 'paththereof, by the rollers 37, 37,"car'fled ate-117,, The handle .15 isdepressed against-the power .of thecoiled spnng'j13' said spring restoring the stamp'to-itshorma'l positionafter an impression has been made.

the impression mechanism and the sub- 1 plate 26 are moved relativelytothe horologic motor mechanism, and the plate 1 1,-as above described,the plates or brackets 45- and 4-7; 'n which are journaledthebeveledgears. 41 and 48', move u on their respective pivots, asabovedescrib and the. member'40 is partially withdrawn irom theinclosing member 1 39, of the'splined shaft, thusretaining the movableparts bf the impression, mechanism 1.

' an impression mechanism'lhaving moving' a movable relative time drivenparts of the imp ism being adapted to be driven by the horoclaim inoperative relation with the mot-orimechana ism, While an impresslon'isbeing made, said ression mechanlogic motor through the members 40 and-39of the splined shaft. andthe am aware that many changes maybe the madein thedetails of construction ant arrangement of the parts of myinvention,

without inwany'wav departing from the spirit thereof, and

'a frame'having gage parts adapted to engage the surface to be impressedand adjustthe impression mechanism relatively thereto, of

time controlled parts, a horologic' motor for driving saidqpar'ts'mounted wholly on said frame, id im ression mechanism being y' to saidmotor mechanism to make anwlmpression, and aplu'rality of shafts, oneof'saidshafts being'operatively connected, to said motor mechanism. andanother. ofsaid shafts being operatively connected to the'time drivenelements of said f as ' im ression mechanism relatively thereto, of

- controlled impression mechanism, said shafts constituting ;acontinuous connection, between said motor'mechanismand said impressionmechanism, and bein ada ted tooccup asubstantially horizonta toward avertical length ma height oft e stamp be used without increasing the 2.In a time stamp, the combination with impression mechanism, havingmoving time arts, ofa horologic motor for driving said parts, saidimpression mechanism being movable'relatively tosaid motor mechanism tomakean impression, and a plurality of shafts, one of said shafts beingoperatively pivoted or-hinged tosaid motor mechanism and another of saidshafts'bei operatively pivoted or hinged to the time driven elements ofsaid impression mechanism, said shafts constituting a continuousconnection between said motor mechanism and the time driven elements ofsaid impression mechanism, and being adapted to slid ingly engage eachother when the impression mechanism is moved to make an impression. 3.In a time stamp, the combinationwith a frame having gage parts adaptedto engage the surface to be impressed andadjust the orologic motorcarried wholly by said Bane, an impression mechanism operated'by saidmotor and moved away from said motor beveledigears" 41 Y and 42, and, 48and49. M

claim the right to make all such changes as fairly fall within thespirit of position when t e stamp is in its normal position and adaptedto moveposition when an impres' sion is made, whereby'shafts of therequired motor and impression mec n making in making an impression, anda motion transmitting 'evice continuously connecting said motor andimpression mechanism and arranged tooccupy a substantially horizontalposition when under normal conditions to reuce the space between saidmotor and impression mechanism to the'minimum and j 7 move toward avertical position when the impresslon.

" 4; Ina time stamp, the combination with,

a frame having gage parts adapted to engage the'surfac'e to be impressedand adjust the iin ression mechanism relatively thereto, of,

moved to make an impression. 5. Inga timestamp, the combination with aframe having gage'parts adapted to engage the surface tobe impressed andadjust the impression mechanism relatively thereto, of a .orologic"motor carried wholly by said frame, an impression mechanism operated bysaid motor and movable relatively thereto in making an impression asplined shaft continuously'connecting said motor and impressionmechanism and arranged to occupy a substantially conditionstore'duce thes ace between said mum and move 'toward a'vertic'al position when theimpression mechanism is adapted to move tom'ake an impression.

6. In a time stamp, the combination with a frame having gage partsadapted to engage the surface to be impressed and adjust the anism tothe minipression mechanism is moved to make an im making animpress'ion,a shaft continu-' ioo horizontal position under normal impressionmechanism'relatively thereto, of a orologic motor carried wholly by saidframe, an impression mechanism operated by said motor and movablerelatively thereto an impression, aniextensible shaft continuouslyconnecting said motor and im- .pression mechanism and arranged to occupya substantially horizontal position under normalconditions to reduce thes ace between said motor andimpression mec a'nism to the minimum andadapted to move toward a vertical position ism is moved to make animpression.

7. In atime stamp, the combination with. impression mechanism havingmoving time controlled arts; of a horologic motor for driving sai arts,a resilient mounting for said motor adapted to relieve the impact or g jar upon the motor mechanism when an impression is made, said impressionmechanism when the impression mechantoward a vertical position when animpres' sion is made, whereby shafts of the required length may be usedwithout increasing the height of the stamp.

8, In a time stamp, the combination with impression mechanism havingmoving time controlled parts, of a horologic motor for driving saidparts} springs associated with said motor mechanism, said springsconstituting a resilient mounting. therefor, said impression mechanismbeing movable relatively to said motor mechanism to make an impression,and a plurality of shafts, one of said shafts being operatively pivotedorhinged to said motor mechanism and another of said shafts beingoperatively pivoted or hinged 'to the time driven elements of saidimpression mechanism, said shafts constituting a continuous connectionbetween said motor 7 mechanism and the time driven elements animpression.

of said impression mechanism, and being adapted to slid ingly engageeach other when the impression mechanism is moved to make 9. In a timestamp, the combination with impression mechanism having moving timecontrolledparts, of a horologic motor for driving said parts, saidimpression mechanismbeing movable relatively to said motor mechanism tomake an impression, and a pinrality of shafts, one ofsaidshafts be'operatively connected to'said motor, mec anism and another of saidshafts being operatively connected tothe time driven elements of saidimpression mechanism, said shafts constituting a contlnuousconnect onbetween said motor mechanism andsaid impression mechanism,':and beingadapted to occupy a substantially horizontal position when theimpression is made, where yshafts of the required length may be usedwithout 1ncreasing the height of the stamp, 'and'means for inking the"face of the impression mech anism. I

10. In a time stamp, the combination withimpression mechanism havingmoving time controlled 'drivingsai parts, said im iressi'on mechanism beng movable relative y to said motor mechanism to "make an impression,-and a' plurality of shafts, one of said shafts being operatively pivotedor hinged to saidmotor mechanism and another-of said shafts beingoperatively pivoted or hinged; to the time driven elements of saidimpression mechanism, sa-id shafts constitutlng a continuous connectionbetween said motor mechanism and the time drivenelements of saidimpression mechanism, and being adapted to slidingly engage each otherwhen the impression mechanism is moved to make an impression, and aninking pad adapted to ink the face of the impression mechanism. 5

In witness whereof, I-have hereunto subscribed. my name in the presenceof two witnesses. GEORGE'ELLIOT PERRY.-

Witnesses:

C. B. CAMP, W. PERRY IlE'LM.

stamp is in its normal position and adapted to move toward a-vertlcalosition when an 6( (parts, of a horologic motor for.

